Texas Hold Em question......?

Question

I was in a tournament game & I was short stack. I went all in and 3 players called preflop. (Not that it matters, but the blinds were 500 and I only had 400 total so it was not a huge jump and not a surprise that three of the four remaining players called. I figured it was my best chance to double or triple up). Anyways, the flop was 5 5 10 and I was holding A 5. The comment was made that I didn't need to keep my hand covered since I was all in. Another player chimed in a said you might as well just turn them over.... not thinking, I did. The dealer quickly grabbed them and flipped them over but two of the three players said that they saw them. So we just flipped them over so that ALL players had an equal playing field.

My question isn't was I wrong to show.... I know I screwed up. But what's the rule for that? My hand was allowed to play & I won the main pot with trips & 2 players went to the showdown for the side pot.... what would have happened in a casino?

Answer 1

Ok first of all is it your fault that you did what you did, the answer is yes. The only person i ever listen to at a poker table is the dealer, and even sometime they are wrong when to show your hand. Rule number 1 is protect your own hand, so be sure that everyone is all in before you expose your hand. Now as far as to what would happen in a real casino is up to the floor. Most times you will be asked not to do so again, and since it was not done by you on purpose your hand would most likely stand and the betting would countinue. And if you keep exposing cards you may be asked to leave.

Answer 2

it is wrong for you to show while the other players are still in the hand. now all other players in the pot know that the cards you have are not going to come up.

Answer 3

While it may be wrong to show your hand with other players still to act you were told to do so.If the game were at a casino you naturally would have ignored the player saying show it because it is clear there is and official to the game and that other player is not it.Don't feel bad about it ,but next time tell that player to please mind your own busyness.In the end action speaks louder than word and you should not have done it ,but words are powerful and do as you are told is drilled into every child from birth.Next time you get Ace Ace go all in and say call call call.See what happens.

Answer 4

you were wrong.  You only show when no more decisions need to be made.  Like if you are all-in against one player.  Or three players are left and two are all-in.  since the other players were still making decisions, you should not have shown.

Answer 5

You get a benefit from showing your hand.  For example if one player has 10 J and bets the flop, a player with JJ may or may not want to call since he knows you already have three fives.

In a tournament, you hand would be declared dead.

Answer 6

It's not entirely your fault.  Technically you are supposed to turn your cards over when all-in, but not until all of the other players in the hand are all in as well.  

For you personally, flipping your cards makes no difference as you have no more say or action in the pot.  The player(s) who told you to flip your cards before the betting action was complete were utter scumbuckets.  They were trying to see your cards to gain information on the remaining active players in the hand and to determine whether or not to check their hands down against your hand rather than betting a side pot.  

At the table, whenever you're unsure of what action to take, ask the dealer or wait for him or her to instruct you.  The dealer is the only person at the table with any say over what you should do with your cards.  The only decisions with any weight are those made by the dealer (or floor boss in a dispute.)

The rule is that you only showdown your cards when you are all-in heads up against another player (AFTER they've called your all-in bet of course!) or when the players in the side pot have bet themselves all-in as well.  In other words, you only show when all possible betting action has been completed.  

Even if you don't flip your cards after the winner of the side pot is determined, the dealer will flip them to see if they beat the side-pot winner's.  "Cards speak!"

Answer 7

The rule is you can only show your hand when there is no possibility it can affect further betting. I.E. If there's 3 people playing and 2 people go all in, or heads up and one person goes all in etc, no one can bet anymore, so it's fine to do.

I've personally only seen this accident once in a casino and the player in question was allowed to continue playing just like you were, but with a warning to be more cautious. I'm not sure if the rules are different for different casinos but that's my first hand experience. I assume if you do it repeatedly, you'd be booted off the table. As it is, accidents happen.

Answer 8

Most casinos have their own rules and not all are the same. So to answer your question, it's best to know the rules of the casino that you are playing in. Most have a pre-printed pamphlet stating their rules. In many, you hand would have been declared dead, but there are also some that as long as everyone sees the same thing and has the same advantage that it wouldn't be.

Answer 9

It is unanimous, you were wrong......with that being said, you lucked out, in most, if not all, of the tournaments I play in (in card rooms) your hand would have been declared dead, and you would have been put out.  Luckily that didn't happen to you.  But to answer your question, evey card room I play in, your hand would be declared dead, and you are gone.  

One little piece of advice, always ask the dealer if you don't know, before you act, nothing wrong with that, and you won't be ruled dead. Heck, in most tournaments, just showing your cards to anyone at the table renders them dead if you are in a hand.  You only show when the dealers says, "show'em".

Answer 10

It was wrong because the others playing where able to see what was out,so if they needed a certain card and they saw you had it they would know to fold etc..   lol hey I've done it by mistake also,casino who have just pointed out you misake and ask you to be more careful

Answer 11

exposing cards in a multiway pot can result in a dead hand in many casinos.  So you should be careful, because especially in a tournament most casinos would have considered your hand dead and folded you

Answer 12

since the other players are still involved in the hand u are affecting the way the hand is played out by showing ur hand to players who are still able to bet...